How Well Are You Meeting Your Personal and Spiritual Needs?  

A  Life  Study  Coaching  Program  •  By  George  A.  Boyd  ©2015  •  For  personal  use  and  study  only    

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Evaluating How Well You Are Meeting Your Personal Needs Excerpted from “Taking Care of Basics” ©2005 by George A. Boyd

 “Some seekers begin their quest for enlightenment and spiritual development before they take care of basics. We ask that you inspect the following list and see which of these areas you have handled. You may wish to label these according to the following coding system:”  

5  –  Mastery,  competence,  and  full  satisfaction:  all  objectives  met  

4  –  Major  progress  in  this  area,  a  few  objectives  to  be  met  

3  –  Some  progress  in  this  area,  several  objectives  to  be  met  

2  –  Little  progress  in  this  area,  many  objectives  to  be  met  

1  –  No  progress  in  this  area,  area  of  major  lack  or  deficiency  

 Rate yourself from 1-5 for each area of Life Mastery in the chart below.

 Area  of  Life  Mastery   Rating  (1-‐5)  

Actualization  Needs  

Spirituality  –  Enlightenment  –  Actualization      

Meaningful  commitment  –  Service    

Ethical  standards  –  Integrity  –  Recovery    

Training  in  Prayer  and  Meditation  –  Study  of  religion,  philosophy,  and  psychology  *  

 

Esteem  Needs  

Esteem  –  having  dreams  come  true,  honors,  recognition    

Mental  enhancement  –  education,  career  training*    

Beauty  –  having  beautiful  things,  beauty  and  harmony  in  your  environment  

 

 

How Well Are You Meeting Your Personal and Spiritual Needs?  

A  Life  Study  Coaching  Program  •  By  George  A.  Boyd  ©2015  •  For  personal  use  and  study  only    

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 Area  of  Life  Mastery   Rating  (1-‐5)  

Love  and  Belongingness  Needs  

Love  and  Belongingness  –  spouse,  family  life  and  children    

Friendship,  support  network    

Security  Needs  

Financial  security  –  savings,  insurance    

Livelihood,  regular  income  *    

Physical  safety  and  security  –  locks  and  alarms    

Survival  Needs  

Medical  and  dental  care,  health  promotion    

Transportation    

Housing,  protection  from  the  elements,  clothing  appropriate  for  the  weather  

 

Food,  adequate  nutrition  and  water    

“We encourage you to make an honest inventory of these 16 areas and to evaluate your progress in each area dispassionately. Progress in each area is possible if you make it a priority to find solutions to the obstacles that impede you in these areas and make effort at improving yourself.”

The  schema  of  Actualization,  Esteem,  Love  and  Belongingness,  Security,  and  Survival  Needs  are  drawn  from  the  works  of  Abraham  Maslow  on  the  hierarchy  of  human  needs.  From  Maslow,  Abraham  (1954)  Motivation  and  Personality,  New  York:  Harper  and  Row.